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The actual book is wonderful -- this version isn't
This is highly edited version of the book -- cuts it almost in half. I evidently didn't notice when I ordered that it is abridged..The book itself does not say it is abridged or edited. The original book is wonderful -- this version isn't. It reads at maybe 4th grade level. It deletes a whole lot (1/2 of the book worth) of the fun details that make the book interesting to read. After deleting 1/2 of the book, the "editor" then rewrote what was left. It's really appalling that this is sold under the original title with no explanation of the butchering that was done to the story. I'll probably throw it away so no one else has to read it, even by mistake.
